Governor Orders Transportation Aligned with Climate, Appoints Tamika Butler and Hilary Norton to CTC
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California State Transportation Agency ordered to direct investments towards decreasing fuel consumption and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Metro Operations Chief Says He Received “No Feedback” on Expo Overcrowding
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Social media is abuzz with posts on crowed Expo Line trains. When pressed, Metro operations leadership committed to continuously monitoring and reacting to on-street reality
Mobility Experts Discuss Uncertain Future
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Are new technologies going to frustrate or help efforts to build more livable cities? Past experience may be key to preventing future mistakes in transportation policy.
Seattle: Uber/Lyft Riders Should Pay for New Streetcar
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Mayor Jenny Durkan hopes to raise nearly $25 million a year with a 51-cent tax on every Uber and Lyft ride — with a portion of the money funding new transit.
Today’s Headlines
| | 1 Comment- Curbed reports plans to open 110 Freeway to people, not cars, for a day
- New, disturbing data on traffic injuries in San Francisco (SF Walks)
- How to stop cars from killing people (SF Weekly)
- Why I love cycling in the city (Outside)
- Ukiah to get electric school buses (Ukiah Daily Journal)
- Caltrans claims adding lanes to I-5 in Santa Ana will alleviate congestion. Dream on! (ABC7)
- Sprawl developer in San Diego County says widening the highway will fix all the traffic problems it brings (San Diego Union Tribune)
- The High Desert Corridor is a white elephant (Center for American Progress)
- CARB approves controversial tropical forest standard (SF Chronicle)
- Trump, EPA leaders attack CA on environment AND deny auto emissions are a problem (Mercury News)
- Automakers will stick with California on emissions agreement despite Trump’s threats (Sacramento Bee)
- California will fight back in court (Courthouse News)
- What people in L.A. are doing about climate change (LAist)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
Metro Committee OKs Moving Forward with DTLA L.A. River Path Environmental Studies
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The ~$400M 8-mile gap closure bike/walk path will result in a 30-mile bikeway from Long Beach to Griffith Park
Talking Headways Podcast: Sidewalk Labs and Toronto’s Waterfront
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This week, we're talking to Sidewalk Labs about the Quayside project in Toronto — about innovative ideas and the pushback Google is getting.
Houston May Soon Not Have a Problem with Parking
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Houston's decision to remove mandatory parking requirements from new developments in two of the city’s more walkable neighborhoods is already bearing fruit, as one forward-thinking developer has cut the amount of car storage in his new shopping center by 25 percent.
Today’s Headlines
|- Teen bike riders arrested in Porterville a “traffic hazard,” say police; residents say they used excessive force (KGET)
- Lawyers doubt Trump has authority to revoke CA emissions waiver (KQED)
- White House should compromise with CA (Washington Post)
- Forest carbon offsets won’t solve climate or save forests, say advocates (Common Dreams)
- Governor signs A.B. 5 on employee classifications (LA Times, Sacramento Bee)
- Uber is already making changes around the country in response to pressure from California bill (Forbes)
- High Speed Rail Authority chooses a northern CA “preferred route” (Sacramento Bee)
- Senator Beall working on a plan to raise funds for HSR through San Jose (Business Journals)
- Blue Shield expands into transportation to access health care (Fierce Health Care)
- Transform Fresno begins installing solar (ABC30)
- Trump flies to SF, sees homeless, says he’ll cite for environmental violation (SF Chronicle, New York Times)
- Trump and California see different solutions to homelessness (NY Times)
- Rising rents cause hardship for half of U.S. renters (UCLA Anderson Review)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
Car-Free Zones Eyed in SF, Elsewhere
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After a spate of pedestrian deaths, San Francisco leaders are considering restricting cars from some residential neighborhoods.
Nope, Say California Leaders to Trump Threat on Vehicle Emissions Waiver
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"We'd love to see them in court."